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Word: slides (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1920-1929
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...this same Scholar will unbend so far as to slide 50 cents under the box office grating the next time a burlesque troupe settles in the local auditorium he will suddenly feel younger. The rising curtain will reveal: first a pair of feet that are not mates, next a pair of checkered pantaloons merging into a green vest, finally a long and astonishingly rubric nasal organ. The comedian is suddenly struck violently in the stomach. He gyrates neatly, and falls flat upon his face. The memories involved may provoke a smile. More probably they will give the aged Scholar...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Return of Slapstick | 7/23/1923 | See Source »

...change in the two stroke positions, G. S. Mumford Jr. '25 setting the pace for University A while S. N. Brown '24, formerly number 2 on the first combination, is now stroking the seconds. E. S. Matthews '23, who stroked the Crimson eight against Cornell, is now occupying the slide at 2 in the same boat...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE SHIFTS MARK NEW CREW SEATING | 6/1/1923 | See Source »

Freshman A went out on the river yesterday with a full complement except for the stroke oar. Kent Leavitt '26 was back at number 7, D. C. Gates returning to his old slide at 5. J. W. Adie was out for the day due to a slight illness, but Coach Bert Haines expects him back today. His place was temporarily filled by J. W. Lund '26 who has been stroking the blue crew for the past week...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: THREE SHIFTS MARK NEW CREW SEATING | 6/1/1923 | See Source »

...second set, however, the Engineers found their feet and, by picking up all the stray points which the Crimson players let slide, ran away with the honors by a 6-4 score...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: TENNIS MEN FIND TECH EASY AND TRIUMPH 8-1 | 5/24/1923 | See Source »

...changes were announced yesterday in the boating of A. C. M. 1, regarded temporarily as Freshman A, G. D. Krumbhaar going from bow to number 7, taking the place of Charles Merriam, while L. K. Macnair was promoted from A. C. M. 3 to occupy Krumbhaar's old slide...

Author: NO WRITER ATTRIBUTED | Title: FOUR CREWS PRACTICE AT FORT POINT CHANNEL | 3/20/1923 | See Source »

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